This
development has taken the voters by surprise, an unpleasant one as no one would
thing NSP would stand a wee bit of a chance to win MacPherson. The question is
why throwing good money and to negate an undertaking that would raise doubts
about the credibility of the Party? The happiest person would naturally be Tin
Pei Ling and you could see it written all over her face. She welcomed more
contestants, the more the merrier, to MacPherson. Someone must have found MacPherson
likely to go to the WP and something must be done to avoid this fate.
This move by
NSP has thrown the opposition camp in a little disarray. The unity that was
forged earlier and celebrated is now in question and cast a dark cloud on the
opposition. Would it now be free for all, a state that would be very welcomed
by the ruling party. The opposition camp needs to tread carefully and not be
distracted by the NSP to go for each other’s throat. It is best that they stick
to what they have agreed earlier and let the foxes unmasked themselves.
With NSP now
hanging by a big question mark, there must be thoughts of counting NSP out from
the agreement and opening up Sembawang and Tampines for 3 corner fights as
well. The four major parties may want to close rank and not be ruffled by this
event, to maintain course, and be wary of the foxes. More nasty surprises are
likely to come as GE approaches.